West Balkans Expansion Discussion

[JaDaKa]

Yeah I can see the logic in that.

[NoDe31]

From greedy business perspective I get them, RU market was potentially huge "gold mine"... But it turns out greediness, bite them in the a** this time as they lost nice chunk of time and money on HoR that even if it was released it would be probably boycotted by healthy chunk of playerbase, and not to mention they would probably lost all connections with trucking industries (losing even more money)... Now they have to deal with big "low income" (no map DLC over a one long year) gap in game that (lets be honest) financing both itself and ATS... From logical standpoint I would say decision to go for HoR and leaving huge gap with west balkan, and on east before Russia, is borderline silly (and Im nice gay on that term)...

[Shiva]

I can see all of Republic of Türkiye fit, without going more east than HoR.
Greece, I think it could be a single map DLC add on. Either regular ETS2 DLC price, or ATS non Texas DLC price.
I do not see Greece as a free addition to WB.

[Vinnie Terranova]

@Shiva Greece with a regular ETS2 DLC price? No way, nobody will buy a Greece DLC for that price; Greece is way too small for that.

[gaillard]

I would. No hesitation. With pleasure.
I am much much more interested in Greece than in Russia or neighbours.

[Adriatic Sea Team]

I agree with every word @NoDe31 said, couldn't say better myself. And speaking about Heart of Russia, when it was first teased, I was thinking it must be Ukraine, Belarus, and some parts of Russia around Moscow. When I saw it was only more of Russia I knew that I'm not buying it.

Now I'm curious, what blog we are going to see the first announcement of the rework of Switzerland or West Balkans? My guess is something about ATS.

[JaDaKa]

Yeah Greece could come out as a single cheaper DLC? Then publish Turkey as a whole if SCS plans to include the rest of the country which would be cool.

They are a really large country so it could be normally priced which would result in SCS making more money that way.

[jackalnxt]

Safe to say that as long as the situation in the world remains as it is, Belarus will also not get a DLC any time soon. And since planning happens years in advance, Ukraine won't be considered for a long time. So, the entire region will likely be avoided in the next 5 years, minimum.

[JaDaKa]

Personally I would like Ukraine to have its DLC, soon even. In its normal, legal borders with Eastern Ukraine and Crimea in it.

However what will they do with the destroyed cities? Make them as they were before as a tribute to life or would that be taken as a disregard to the suffering that has been caused and the total destruction of cities like Mariupoli?

[oldmanclippy]

@Shiva Novo Selo I was thinking could come with Greece, but I suppose it's possible for West Balkans. Blagoevgrad and the Delchevo crossing makes the most sense, *if they can make it fit*. If they don't think it could work, then maybe the Novo Selo crossing could be used. They just made things a lot harder for themselves with Pernik. Pernik probably should have just been skipped and Blagoevgrad should have come with RttBS at launch. Yes Pernik has more significance but its inclusion prevents the much busier Deve Bair crossing from being used.

I just really wish that they had more foresight when making RttBS. It's a bit bizarre how they handled it with respect to setting up crossings with the future West Balkans.